Thread guide



Dec. 29, 1931. AMON 1,838,245

THREAD GUIDE Filed July 1929 Inventor Joya 9k ,zf/n on v Attorney Patented Dec. 2 9-, 1931 JOSEPH ANION, F BAH'WAY, NEW JERSEY application and July 15,

The present invention relates to improve- 4 ments in guides, and more particularly to a novel eyelet structure for guiding threads. The device is especially adapted for use on thread finishing apparatus wherein metallic containers are provided through which the threads pass and become moistened. Guide eyelets have heretofore been employed in thread finishing apparatus, but it has been 1o necessaryto secure the eyelets in place by glue or some other extraneous means.

The principal object of this invention'is to provide a guide eyelet which will firmly remain in place without the necessity of employing any kind of adhesive or any character of securing means aside from its inherent ability to remain placed.

vAnother important object of the invention is to provide a guide eyelet of such.

: peculiar construction as to permit its retention in a wall opening by friction of its body against the edge portion of the wall structure at said opening.

Obviously the-eyelet can be employed in numerous other capacities and this will be more apparent to the reader after considering the device as described and claimed hereiiiafter.

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Figure 1 represents a sectional view through the improved eye member and the adjacent portions of a wall structure through the aperture of which the member has been disposed.

Figure 2 represents an end elevation of the eye member, looking at the end thereof remote from the circumferential bead.

Figure 3 represents a side elevation of the improved eyelet showing its disposition with respect to an opening throughawall prior to the application of force to force the same therein. I

Referring to the drawings, wherein-like 5 numerals designate like parts, it will be seen 5 6, and this opening must be of a special sizethat 5 denotes a fragmentary portion of the wall of the thread moistening cabinet or in fact any other wall structure ot'thin thickness. The wall is provided with an opening THREAD GUIDE 1929. Serial No. 878,503.

to be suitable for receiving the improved eyelet The eyelet comprises a body 7 of glass, porcelain or some other suitable high-1y polishe anti-frictional material. This body is provi ed'with-a bore 8 extending longi-' tudinally therethrou h and each end of the bore is flared outwar ly at 9 to eliminate any possible cutting edge.

One end of the body is provided with a circumferentially extending head 10, while the opposite end portion of the body 7 tapers. outwardly from a shoulder point 11 intermediate the' ends of the body. As is shown in Figure 3, the portion 12 between theshoulder point 11 and the head 10 also tapers and in' the direction of the head 10.

It will thus be seen that the opening 6 must be of a diameterto receive the tapered free end portion of the body, so that the said portion may be inserted to the extent shown in Figure 3. Pressure may now be applied to the headed end of the bodyto force the eyelet through the opening 6 to assume the position shown in Figure 1. This operation removes a certain amount of the intermediate portion 11 of the body as well as flexes the v wall portion surrounding the opening, so that the eyelet will just barely pass through the opening. The wall portion surrounding the opening will then partly or wholly regain its original position, due to its inherent spring nature, so that the edge portion engages-between the head, 10 and the shoulder 11.

This passage of the body through the opening is both attributed to the slight contraction of the bodyfa partial removal of the surface of the body at the intermediate portion 11 and a distortion of the wall 5. All of m these factors contribute to the placement of the eyelet'in the position shown in Figure 1, from where it can only be removed by the application of force against the opposite end thereof. The eyelet will remain in position and will not become displaced as in the case r of the old types of eyelets which were secured within the wall openings by some form of adhesive. It is to be understood that the .eyelet may be constructed of" any suitable material and that its shape and size may be varied to accord with various conditions.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. In combination, with a structure having an opening therein, a body having an opening therethrough, said body being'provided with a head at one end, a shoulder on the body at the intermediate portion thereof, said body being of a material permitting a portion of its shoulder to be removed by the edge portion of the structure at the said opening, when the bodyis forced therethrough.

2. In combination, with a structure having a circular opening therein, a tubular body, a circumferential bead at one end of the body, said body being provided with a circumferential shoulder at its intermediate portion, said body being of a material permitting the removal of a portion of its body by the edge portion of its structure at the opening when the body is forced through the said opening.

3. An article of manufacture, in the form of an insertible thread guide for textile apparatus having a guide receiving opening therein comprising a tubular body portion having its outer periphery tapered in opposite directions to provide an enlarged portion that will afford a snug fit when forced into the guide receiving opening and a head atone end of the body.

4:. An article of manufacture in the form of an insertible thread guide for textile apparatus having a guide receiving opening 7 therein comprising a tubular body portion having a head at one end, and a shoulder on its outer periphery in spaced relation to said head, and having a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the opening.

5. in combination, a wall of sheet material having an opening therein, a guide eyelet for disposition through the openin said guide eyelet comprising a tubular body having a head at one end and a shoulder thereon adjacent the head and being adapted to flex the portion of the wall surroundin the opening to permit the passage thereof through the opening.

6. lln combination, a wall of thin material having an opening therein, a guide eyelet insertib-le into said openings and comprising a tubular body having a head at one end, and a shoulder on the body in spaced relation to said head and being of a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening in the wall,

1 whereby the wall is flexed adjacent the opening when the shoulder is forced through the opening therein. I

7. In combination, a wall of thin material having an opening therein, a guide eyelet for disposition in the opening, said guide eyelet comprising a tubular body,a head on one end of the body, said body being tapered toward its free end froma point adjacent the head, and a reduced portion between the aforementioned point and the head for receiving the edge portion of the wall at the opening.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature JOSEPH AMON. 

